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If A, then B. If B, then C....

by figs » Tue May 19, 2009 12:34 pm
If A, then B.
If B, then C.
If C, then D.

If all of the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
A. If D, then A
B. If not B, then not C
C. If not D, then not A
D. If D, then E
E. If not A, then not D

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Re: If A, then B. If B, then C....

by vinaynp » Tue May 19, 2009 3:00 pm
figs wrote:If A, then B.
If B, then C.
If C, then D.

If all of the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
A. If D, then A
B. If not B, then not C
C. If not D, then not A
D. If D, then E
E. If not A, then not D
I would like to think of all the three statements independent and represent below:

A->B
B->C
C->D

A) It cannot be true.
C) It cannot be true.
D) Out of scope.
E) It cannot be true.
B) If not B then not C is true.

The answer is B.

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by rahulg83 » Tue May 19, 2009 7:02 pm
IMO B

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by scoobydooby » Tue May 19, 2009 11:50 pm
would go for C

If A, then B.
If B, then C.
If C, then D

=>if A then D
=>if not D, then not A

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Re: If A, then B. If B, then C....

by thetrystero » Wed May 20, 2009 12:01 am
figs wrote:If A, then B.
If B, then C.
If C, then D.

If all of the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
A. If D, then A
B. If not B, then not C
C. If not D, then not A
D. If D, then E
E. If not A, then not D
My answer: None of the above.

B sounds like a plausible choice at first, but not B doesn't necessarily imply not C.
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Re: If A, then B. If B, then C....

by KICKGMATASS123 » Sun May 24, 2009 6:25 pm
figs wrote:If A, then B.
If B, then C.
If C, then D.

If all of the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
A. If D, then A
B. If not B, then not C
C. If not D, then not A
D. If D, then E
E. If not A, then not D
Figs can you post the OA pls?

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Re: If A, then B. If B, then C....

by vinaynp » Sun May 24, 2009 8:20 pm
KICKGMATASS123 wrote:
figs wrote:If A, then B.
If B, then C.
If C, then D.

If all of the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
A. If D, then A
B. If not B, then not C
C. If not D, then not A
D. If D, then E
E. If not A, then not D
Figs can you post the OA pls?
The OA is C

This is a logic problem and we shouldn't be expecting this as part of the GMAT. I am going to show how we can get it from truth table.

(-> is then) From the given information, we can conclude that A->D is true. I will construct the truth table using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_tabl ... mplication
T= TRUE
F=FALSE

Please look at the file attached.

A->D and ~D->~A have the same truth table and hence is the right answer.
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by Domnu » Thu May 28, 2009 9:16 am
Another (slightly simplified) way of seeing this is as follows:

A implies B
B implies C
C implies D

all together imply that A implies D. By the contrapositive (not converse!), we have that not D implies not A. Generally, for ALL statements, if A implies B, then "not B" implies " not A".

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by james33 » Sun May 15, 2016 7:43 pm
Cannot decide between A and B. Can anyone brake down these two choices for me please

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by soudeh » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:45 pm
Hello


would you explain more?

I thought in this way:

a: staying hungry
b: getting sick
c: leaving work
d: no money!

then if A doesn't happen, D will not happen
but D can happen independently
am I wrong??